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Flimsy

Flimsy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Flimsy? [n] a thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies [adj] having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot" [adj] lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "a fragile link with the past" [adj] resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments with cardboard walls" [adj] very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Flimsy: cardboard \| fragile \| inferior \| light \| onionskin \| slight \| tenuous \| thin \| weak Related Terms \| Find terms related to Flimsy: adulterated \| airy \| asinine \| attenuate \| attenuated \| boyish \| breakable \| brittle \| brittle as glass \| catchpenny \| cheap-jack \| cobwebby \| crackable \| crisp \| crispy \| crumbly \| crushable \| cut \| dainty \| decrepit \| delicate \| delicately weak \| diaphanous \| dilapidated \| dilute \| diluted \| effeminate \| empty \| ethereal \| fatuous \| feeble \| filmy \| fine \| fine-drawn \| finespun \| fissile \| flabby \| flaccid \| floppy \| foolish \| fracturable \| fragile \| frail \| frangible \| friable \| fribble \| fribbling \| frivolous \| frothy \| futile \| gaseous \| gauzy \| gimcrack \| gimcracky \| girlish \| gossamer \| gossamery \| gracile \| idle \| implausible \| improbable \| inadequate \| inane \| inconceivable \| inconclusive \| incredible \| infirm \| insubstantial \| jerry \| jerry-built \| lacerable \| lacy \| lax \| light \| lightweight \| limp \| loose \| makeshift \| misty \| namby-pamby \| nugacious \| nugatory \| otiose \| paltry \| papery \| pasteboardy \| poor \| puny \| ramshackle \| rare \| rarefied \| relaxed \| rickety \| rubbery \| scissile \| shaky \| shallow \| shatterable \| shattery \| sheer \| shivery \| silly \| sissified \| sleazy \| slender \| slenderish \| slight \| slight-made \| slim \| slimmish \| slinky \| small \| splintery \| subtile \| subtle \| superficial \| svelte \| sylphlike \| tacky \| tenuous \| thin \| thin-bodied \| thinned \| thinned-out \| thinnish \| thin-set \| thin-spun \| threadlike \| transparent \| trifling \| trite \| trivial \| unbelievable \| uncompact \| uncompressed \| unconvincing \| unproved \| unrigorous \| unsatisfactory \| unsound \| unsubstantial \| unsustained \| vacuous \| vague \| vain \| vapid \| vaporous \| vulnerable \| wasp-waisted \| watered \| watered-down \| watery \| weak \| weakly \| willowy \| windy \| wiredrawn \| wispy \| womanish See Also \| typewriter paper \| typing paper Flimsy In Webster's Dictionary \Flim"sy\, a. [Compar. {Flimsier}; superl. {Flimsiest}.] [Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf. {Limsy}.] Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse, objection. Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. --Pope. All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. --Sheridan. Syn: Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain. \Flim"sy\, n. 1. Thin or transfer paper. 2. A bank note. [Slang, Eng.]

Flimsy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flimsy?

[n] a thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
[adj] having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
[adj] lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "a fragile link with the past"
[adj] resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments with cardboard walls"
[adj] very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses"

See Also | typewriter paper | typing paper

Flimsy In Webster's Dictionary

\Flim"sy\, a. [Compar. {Flimsier}; superl. {Flimsiest}.]
[Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf.
{Limsy}.]
Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or
solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without
reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse,
objection.

      Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines.  --Pope.

      All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
                                               --Sheridan.

Syn: Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.


\Flim"sy\, n.
1. Thin or transfer paper.

2. A bank note. [Slang, Eng.]

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